clifford stoll in newsweek wrote, and i quote, "nicholas negroponte, director of mit media lab, predicts it will soon buy books and newspapers straight over the internet." uh sure, this was 1995. >> i really got pleasure out of that kind of criticism, 'cause i knew they were wrong. and, there was just kind of- so- "okay, let's just wait and see." i remember when we did early work on color displays, we built- this is very early in my career- color displays that were driven by computer memory, which is the way actually all displays are now, it's how your laptop works and at the time, people said it was arrogant because, you know, only a rich institution could buy what at the time was a quarter of a million dollars worth of memory to drive a display, to prove a point that that's the way you should do it believing, which it now happens to be true, that that quarter of a million dollars would drop to $10. i mean, that it would really make that kind of plummet. and i wrote, in fact one of my first articles for wired magazine was, that color will be what we all use. that it'll be more expensive

>> okay, so this robot is called g-bow, in development at the mit media lans -- labs, it is expressive, gives nonverbal clues that children recognize and can engage, the national institute of health looking in to how these robots can improve our health and well-being and how they can inspire and teach our children. >> can it clean the kitchen for me? >> can it vacuum? [ laughter ] >>> imagine going from boston to manhattan in 30 minutes this is a reality, the first test track for the hyperloop, a super system, it will be built in las vegas and hopefully connect to l.a. with plans for hyperloops across the country, it uses vacuum tube to transport people in pods. at speeds up to 750 miles an hour, how about that. >> hmm, [ indiscernible ] >> that's what i was thinking. >>> 6:54, a closer look what's coming up. >> good morning to you, kathryn and chris, ahead on cbs this morning, speaking with john dickerson about how donald trump's comments with affecting him in the race, and the controversial remarks, a look at mit's new technology that can let you see will you walls! no superman requi